26 commentsMark Linkous was the subject of a February 28, 2002 Hook cover story.
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He died once 14 years ago, but this time Mark Linkous won't be coming back. The 47-year-old musician who performed under...

0 commentsUVA's Institute on Aging presents Virginia Morris, a nationally recognized authority on eldercare and author of How to Care for Aging Parents, who will discuss how families can effectively engage in...

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The couple at a Downtown art opening for Lincoln Perry in 2005.
FILE PHOTO BY DAVE MCNAIR
UVA has dubbed its ambitious $200 million Art Grounds development project the Betsy and John Casteen Arts...

23 commentsBack in November, Dish reported that renowned Szechuan chef Peter Chang was cooking at Taste of China in Albemarle Square, but the Chang groupies who've tracked the chef online for years were way...

0 commentsBoston Globe correspondent Michael Kranish’s new book is politely called Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War, but it could just as easily be called “Jefferson on the Run” or “Jefferson’s...

16 commentsInternet whiz investor Halsey Minor has satisfied the creditors who were hounding him about his sprawling Fox Ridge Farm near Free Union in Western Albemarle, according to a story in the Daily...

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2/4/2010 POSTPONED: Due the the approaching bad weather, this event will have to be rescheduled.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s granddaughter, Susan Eisenhower, gives a talk, entitled "The Promise...

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Update: Rescheduled from February 10 to February 17 due to the weather.
John P. Kaminski, founder and director of the Center for the Study of the American Constitution at the University of Wisconsin...

1 commentsFood Inc., which features local farmer and 2009 Hook Person of the Year Joel Salatin, was recently nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. Salatin, however, prefers Fresh, another...

137 commentsSheriff William Morris in 2003.
FILE PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO
Greene County's flamboyant five-term former law enforcement head, Sheriff William Morris, 65, has been taken off life support January 28...

31 commentsWendell Wood's house on Carter's Mountain takes shape. Click on the image for a closer view.
AERIAL PHOTO BY SKIP DEGAN
“Why would you want to write about some house I'm building?" That was...

3 commentsPicket's Charge from the point of view of the Confederates.
PAINTING BY EDWIN FORBES
In February, feasting meets history at the Michie Tavern when award-winning author, writer and lecturer, Rick...

83 commentsA smiling Teresa Sullivan, current provost at the University of Michigan, greets future colleagues in the Rotunda at an event announcing her hiring as UVA's eighth president.
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0 commentsFormer park ranger Bruce W. Bytnar discusses and signs copies of his memoir, A Park Ranger’s Life Thirty-two Years Protecting Our National Parks, at New Dominion Bookshop on Saturday, January 16 at...

16 commentsPollstar has named Dave Mathews Band the highest-grossing touring act of the decade. The band grossed $529 million and sold 11 million tickets, about 6 million more than Celine Dion (second at $522...